State Quotes
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Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents.
Anthony Gregory
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In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.
Aristotle
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In the position of tension in which we are, between churchmanship and citizenship, our churchmanship is much freer than if we had better harmony between Church and State.
Anthony of Sourozh
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The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The state exists for man, not man for the state. The same may be said of science. These are old phrases, coined by people who saw in human individuality the highest human value. I would hesitate to repeat them, were it not for the ever recurring danger that they may be forgotten, especially in these days of organization and stereotypes.
Albert Einstein
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In most constitutional states the citizens rule and are ruled by turns, for the idea of a constitutional state implies that the natures of the citizens are equal, and do not differ at all.
Aristotle
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I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.
Ariel Pink
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Canyon Ferry, Hauser and Holter are the most heavily fished reservoirs in the state, if you combine both summer and winter.
J. M. Roberts
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Having gathered all power to itself, the State has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match its total exposure.
Anthony de Jasay
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And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.
Kinky Friedman
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Some of the people in my caucus, some of the people in the state party in Minnesota have basically said, "We don't want to deal with these guys because they're too conservative," or "We don't agree with them on social issues."
Collin Peterson
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I take it that our state, having been founded and built up on the right lines, is good in the complete sense of the word.
Plato
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A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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[In Adelaide] I was born here on 24 May 1908, in the coldest part of the State, at the start of a particularly cold winter that registered ten heavy snowfalls between June and September.
R. M. Williams
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Admittedly communism has not been achieved in Russia. State socialism has been built.
Joseph Stalin
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There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?
Lord Byron
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I find beauty in a very independent state. It lives quietly. It's there to be discovered.
Annie Lennox
Eurythmics
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Mrs. Boffin, insisting that Bella should make tomorrow's expedition in the chariot, she went home in great grandeur. Mrs. Wilfer and Miss Lavinia had speculated much on the probabilities and improbabilities of her coming in this gorgeous state, and, on beholding the chariot from the window at which they were secreted to look out for it, agreed that it must be detained at the door as long as possible, for the mortification and confusion of the neighbours.
Charles Dickens
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Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws.
Aristotle
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I'd like to get to a state where people think that if you've Googled something, you've researched it, and otherwise haven't, and that's it.
Sergey Brin
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Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. Thus, there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.
Aristotle
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We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like Pharisees, set ourselves up to be better than other people.
Abraham Lincoln
